‘I’m better prepared than others to be Imo governor’, says Accord Party’s Ojiri

AS the general elections draw nearer, the Accord Party’s governorship  candidate, in Imo State,  Ken Ojiri says he is the most prepared among those aspiring to be state governor in 2015. 

Ojiri who addressed a mammoth crowd of Accord Party members from the 27 local council of the state in Owerri, said he belongs to the category of 21st century leaders who have been tutored on the rudiments of good governance and leadership.

 He said he has deep understanding of the problems confronting the people of Imo State, saying he has the drive and wherewithal to take Imo State to greater heights towards which he has developed measures to improve the lot of the people of Imo State when elected governor.

 According to him, such measures include x-raying the problems of Imo State, ascertaining the pace of development in other states as a yardstick to address socio economic issues affecting the state and ascertaining the economic direction of the state and knowing how to apply them.

 He said this has formed the crux of an economic roadmap for the state, adding that the present administration is running fallacious policies and programmes. 

  Ojiri took a swipe at the much-trumpeted free education programme of the Rochas Okorocha  administration saying education is already free in Imo and other states because the Federal Government through the Universal Basic Education Programme has guaranteed free education from primary to secondary schools.

 He said, “We must question this government where the budget for free education is going to.  We should query and ask questions on the construction of classrooms without toilets for pupils. This is unacceptable.”

 He said his administration will place emphasis on youth development, stating that as a youth he has the solution to  the  problems bedeviling the youths of Imo State.

While he called on party members to be prepared for the forthcoming governorship elections, Ojiri said he is seeking for partnership with them in order to realize their collective aspiration to change Imo State for the better . He said the voters are the kingmakers and therefore ought to be tutored on the need to elect a responsible and responsive government in the forthcoming elections.

Earlier in his speech, the Deputy Governorship candidate of the party, Dr. Fabian Ihekweme, took a swipe at the Okorocha administration describing it as the most deceitful in the history of Imo State.

 He said Okorocha has plunged Imo State into huge debt in the last three years, adding that 75% of the monthly allocation  that accrued to the State has been frittered away on frivolities. 

He said the present government cannot give account of the huge federal allocations that came to the coffers of the Imo State in the last three years  even as he alleged that most of the state government-owned economically viable outfits such as ADAPALM and Imo Transport Corporation have been converted to Okorocha’s personal enterprises , stressing that Imo State will remain in perpetual economic bondage if Okorocha returns as governor of in 2015.  

  He said that Ken Ojiri-led administration will restore Imo State to economic sanity, adding that Ojiri as international financial expert will manage the resources of the State prudently to ensure jobs and other economic benefits for the people of the State.